What you need to know before picking mushrooms

Are you in the dark about mushrooms? Enlighten on this wonderful tasty mushroom, button mushroom from the basic to the more unusual varieties. If you are familiar with the different varieties of mushrooms, try one of the many recipes of mushrooms.

Facts mushrooms

There are over 38,000 varieties of mushrooms available to more than 3,000 in North America, with different colors, textures and flavors. Some are so rare that only a week to grow during the year.

They grow in many areas, but most market fungi are commercially grown on farms. Fungi do not grow dependent on photosynthesis. You need to multiply rain and moderate temperatures. The best mushroom harvesting is done when it is raining.

I care! Many mushrooms are poisonous

Some areas are known for their valuable mushrooms, but it is important to learn about your target, if you plan to collect your own wild mushrooms, because many of them very toxic and deadly.

Please do not rely on an occasional column to determine the toxicity of wild mushrooms. The problem with many varieties of poisonous mushrooms risk can not be overemphasized.

Unless you are educated in all types of fungi, especially in the determination of poison, it is advisable from a reputable manufacturer or the store instead of driving to buy your mushrooms themselves.

An error of simple identification can lead to symptoms of sweating, cramps, diarrhea, confusion, seizures and liver, damage at a rate of 60 percent or more mortality.

Why take the risk?

Learn more about mushrooms and mushroom recipes:

• Selecting and storing mushrooms
• Tips and tricks mushrooms
• measurements and equivalent substitutions mushrooms
• How to Clean Mushrooms
• The most common varieties of edible mushrooms
• Facts and fungi warning
• Mushrooms and Health
• History of fungi
• Mushroom Recipes
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